Hittite Diplomatic Texts (SBL Writings from the Ancient World 7)

227 Pages·1996·14.18 MB·English

by  Gary M. Beckman

Edited by Harry A. Hoffner, Jr.
Hittite
Diplomatie
Texts
by
Gary Beckman
ISBN 0-7885-0153-4 (cloth ; alk. paper). -ISBN 0-7885-0154-2
(paper : alk. paper)
1, Hittites—Treaties. 2. Law, Hittite-Sources. I. Hofíner,
Harry A. II. Title. III. Series.
KL4712.A3E5 1995
3411.0264392—dc20 95-20756
Contents
Synoptic Table of Hittite
; of Hattî and
2. Treaty between Tudhaliya II of Hatti and
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6A Treaty between Suppiluliuma I of Hatti and Shattiwaza
of Mittanni 38
6B. Treaty between Shattiwaza of Mittanni and
Suppiluliuma I of Hatti 44
7. Treaty between Suppiluliuma I of Hatti and
Tette of Nuhashshi 50
8. Treaty between Mursiii II of Hatti and
Tuppi-Teshshup of Amurru 54
9. Treaty between Mursiii II of Hatti and Niqmepa of Ugarit 59
10. Treaty between Mursiii II of Hatti and Targasnalli
of Hapalla 64
11. Treaty between Mursiii II of Hatti and Kupanta-Kurunta
of Mira-Kuwaliya 69
12. Treaty between Mursüi II of Hatti and Manapa-Tarhunta
of the Land of the Seha River 77
13. Treaty between Muwattalli II of Hatti and
Alaksandu of Wüusa 82
14. Treaty between Muwattalli II of Hatti and
Talmi-Sharrumma of Aleppo 88
15. Treaty between Hattusili III of Hatti and Ramses II
of Egypt 90
16. Treaty between Hattusili III of Hatti and Benteshina
of Amurru 95
17. Treaty between Tudhaliya IV of Hatti and
Shaushga-muwa of Amurru 98
18A Edict of Hattusili III of Hatti concerning Military Obligations
of Kurunta of Tarhuntassa 103
18B. Treaty between HattusÜi III of Hatti and Ulmi-Teshshup
of Tarhuntassa 104
18C. Treaty between Tudhaliya IV of Hatti and Kurunta
of Tarhuntassa 108
II. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
19. Letter from Suppüuliuma I of Hatti to Niqmaddu II
of Ugarit 119
20. Copy of Letter from Sharri-Kushuh of Carchemish
to Niqmaddu II of Ugarit 120
21. Letter from Prince Piha-walwi of Hatti to Ibiranu of Ugarit 121
22A Letter from Prince Sutahapshap of Egypt to Hattusili III
of Hatti 122
123
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124
125
129
131
132
138
139
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142
143
HI. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS
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Series Editor's Foreword
Writings from the Ancient World is designed to provide up-to-date, read-
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Covering the period from the invention of writing (by 3000 B.C.E.) down
to the conquests of Alexander the Great (ca. 330 B.C.E.). the ancient Near
East comprised northeast Africa and southwest Asia. The cultures repre-
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